Samuel  L.  PEAK

"Sam"

 

samuel l peak

Source : Cmn97

NUMBER OF SERVICEO-398074
AGE27 yo
DATE OF BIRTH5 May 1917 Fort Worth, Tarrant County, TEXAS
ENLISTMENT STATETEXAS
FAMILY

Spouse : Juanita Prince Tarver Epplett

Children : Patricia Ann Peak Abel

Parents: Samuel LaField PAYNE Sr. & Elizabeth “Betty” Burns PAYNE

Siblings : Mary Maxine Peak Ray & Henry Ross Payne
Half Siblings : Leonard, Max Arlington, Billy Ward, William Worth & Albert Horatio

RANKFirst Lieutenant
FONCTIONPilot
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT NE
DATE of ENLISTEMENT 
COMPANYCompany
BATTALIONBattalion
 SQUADRON534th Bomber Squadron 
 GROUP 381st Bomber Group, Heavy 
ARMY8th  US Air Force 
DATE OF DEATH22 June 1944

samuel l peak

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STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHEpagne-Epagnette - Abbeville  
DATA PLAN

B-17 Fortress - type G-40-BO - s/n 42-97084 GD*H

"Spare Charlie"

b 17

Macr :  5918

Mission : Tingry (62) - Abbeville

Takeoff station 167 Ridgewell, Essex
Shots by  flak - Wing on fire and 2 HS engines-

Plane evacuated by MitD only at 7:08 p.m. just before the explosion and the crash - Plane 100% destroyed

CEMETERY TEMPORARY

 

CEMTERY TEMPORARY of  Mareuil-Caubert -

 

 CEMTERY TEMPORARY of  St André  N°3572

Story of Cemetery Temporary 

CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
A430
DECORATION

Air Medal & 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal 

Brevet Pilot

 

am

Photo FDLM

victory medal

combat infantryman badge

 

usaf 8AIRFORCE 381bg 532bs
 
STORY
 

samuel l peak

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samuel l peak

Source : Patootie

SOURCE INFORMATION Complete history of the B 17Somme-aviation-39-45.fr

 

Crew of  B-17 Fortress - type G-40-BO - s/n 42-97084 GD*H

"Spare Charlie"

 

1st Lieutenant Samuel L "Sam" PEAK Pilot Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer O-398074 - AM+3/PH - born in 1917 - Fils de Samuel Lee et Elizabeth Ann (Burns) Peak - Leesville, Louisiana
1st Lieutenant Robert F "Bob" PETROSKI CoPilot Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer  O-801198 - AM+1/PH - Wayne, Michigan
2nd Lieutenant John K LUNDBERG Navigator Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer O-676081 - AM+1 - Salt Lak City, Utah
2nd Lieutenant Allen OSTERBERG Bomber Dead Gardens of Rest, Escabana O-741356 - 26 yo- born the  25/10/1917 - Escanaba, Michigan - Inhumé USA en 1949
S/Sergeant Murl F SIMMONS Mechanic/Gunner Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer 32663831 - AM+2/PH - Gouverneur, New York
S/Sergeant Frank A Jr WELKE Radio/Gunner Dead Greenfield Cem. - Uniondale, New York 32800468 - 20 yo - Hempstead, New York - Inhumé USA en 1949
S/Sergeant   SCHARFF Gunner Dead Woodlawn Cem. - Bronx, New York 12148493 - 22 yo- Né le 10/12/1921 - Bronx, New York
S/Sergeant Richard D OBERLIN Gunner Prisoner - Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow  35547736 - West Unity, Ohio 
S/Sergeant Max L ROCKEY Gunner Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer 36417125 - AM+2/PH - Springport, Michigan

 equipage b17 spare charlie

Crouching, left to right : Pilot Samuel L Peak 1st Lieutenant, Co pilot Victor R. Romasco 2nd Lieutenant , Navigator Thomas J Tracy 2nd Lieutenant, Bomber Allen Hilding Osterberg 2nd Lieutenant
Standing behind left to right : Gunner Francis Simmons Staff Sergent, Gunner Sergent Dick "Delno" Richard Oberlin Staff Sergent, Opérateur radio Frank Albert WelkeJr Staff Sergent, Assistant radio et Gunner Robert F. Scharff Staff Sergent , Armurier et Gunner Redin R Kilpatrick Staff Sergent, Gunner Max L Rockey. Staff Sergent

Source : Yann Defacque

 

equipage b17 spare charlie

Source : Americanairmuseum.com

 

equipage b17 spare charlie

Source : Americanairmuseum.com


SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTOAmericanairmuseum.com - Time To Go Home -  Actu.fr -  Somme-aviation-39-45.fr   - Findagrave.com   -  Abmc.gov 
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